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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly, Columbus's own writings are damning. One would expect him to cast the Tanio as violent or barberous given his treatment, needing a strong hand to "civilize" them.
Instead he writes about their kindness and generosity and selflessness. Then he decides they'll be easy to enslave.

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 18h

I already figured out how to live together with everyone. Even people I hate.

JK Rowling wants to exterminate People who's existence makes her uncomfortable.

I'm not the one who needs a lecture.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 1d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 21h

One of the big things people have forgotten in the era of big box stores & franchises is that small business owners live in the same communities as their stores.
This creates a direct incentive to improve, rather than exploit that community.

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 1d

And it's not just level design either. Movement has to feel at least really good. The camera controls have to be great, etc.

Basically the mechanical parts of the game are so crucial that each element has to be at least a B+ for the whole game to be decent.

Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 1d

For example they go overboard trying to reduce their signal impact and then get rolled up in a kettle at a No Kings and they're the only one out of the 300 detained who just carried a prepaid phone in a Faraday bag. That draws way more attention than being one of the 36k phone signals picked up.

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 1d

Seconding this, but also a big reminder not to get too clever. Tracking you is resource intensive, and even with all these automated tools it still takes 4 to 6 people to reliably track one.
Many people make themselves targets because they are conspicuously trying to avoid detection.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 2d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 2d

I like how Sun Tzu dedicated a whole chapter to "When trying to set the enemy on fire, make sure to not set yourself on fire too."

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 2d

You can see a shift with the algorithm as videos needed to get longer to get picked up the 'sins' became more and more nitpicky and with it came a strain of anti-intellectualism that rejects anything beyond the most surface level reading of the film.

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Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 2d

Likely it's a budget issue. They could technically afford to buy groceries but then they wouldn't have enough left over to cover other expenses like phone & utility bills and car payments once the paycheck on the 15th doesn't materialize.

Natespeed @natespeed.bsky.social · 2d

Zero weeks without pay, actually. They miss their first paycheck on the 15th.

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